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This change has been completed as of 14th August 2018. In line with many other online services Zamzar is announcing the end of support for TLS 1.0, a cryptographic protocol used to secure communications between your web browser (or API…
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is upon us! Hopefully this spells the last of companies you have never heard of desperately trying to get you to click a button in an email! At Zamzar we aren't interested in using your…
Has your email inbox been flooded with dozens of notices about "privacy policy updates" recently? If so, this is likely the result of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force in less than four weeks time on…
We're pleased to announce that we just launched support across the entire Zamzar website for HTTPS for all users. Effective immediately this means that the entire site is now secured with the familiar green padlock: All files uploaded to or…
Read More Announcing HTTPS – secure file conversion for everyone
You can now use the Zamzar file conversion API to import files for conversion from Amazon S3, HTTP / HTTPS URLs and FTP / SFTP servers. You can also export converted files back out again too. This opens up some interesting…
We're celebrating our birthday here at Zamzar HQ - ten years ago today we launched the Zamzar website with a simple mission: Things were very different ten years ago. In Internet years that's like 8 centuries ... A potted history…
This is part three of a series of stories by Robert Gaskins who helped invent PowerPoint at Forethought Inc. in 1984 (see part one and part two). It was the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft. We spoke to Robert about the process of building a startup in the…
Read More The dream boss? What it was like to work for Bill Gates
We're excited to announce that we just launched three new applications which allow you to convert files right on your desktop ! Dropbox Converter - Convert files to various formats directly within your Dropbox account. Hot Folders - Monitor folders on your desktop & automatically convert files…
This is part two of a series of stories by Robert Gaskins who helped invent PowerPoint at Forethought Inc. in 1984 (read part one here). It was the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft. We spoke to Robert about building a startup in the 1980s and…
Read More Life before the web – Running a Startup in the 1980’s
We recently challenged students at the University of York to participate in a one-day hackathon. Their remit was simple: design and build a file conversion app that uses the Zamzar API . A few hours later, the students demoed their six fantastic applications, and…
